CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI men's basketball's AJ Green is tabbed as this year's Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, and the team is picked third in the conference's preseason poll.
The Panthers have landed in the top half of the league standings in 17 out of the last 18 years and received six first-place votes and 354 total points. This year's squad returns nearly the entire roster from the previous season, including 2020 Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year honoree Green, who comes back from a season-ending injury.
In addition to Green's first team preseason honors, teammate Austin Phyfe earned a spot on the MVC's second team.